Evidence synthesis - The opioid crisis in Canada: a national perspective

• Published in: Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada
• Main Authors: Lisa Belzak, Jessica Halverson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Public Health Agency of Canada 2018
• Subjects: opioid; overdose; crisis; harms; deaths; fentanyl; Canada; Medicine (General); R5-920; Yukon; Northwest Territories; British Columbia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.38.6.02; https://doaj.org/article/569c44377a994925899b6bfb014511b2

Introduction: This review provides a national summary of what is currently known about the Canadian opioid crisis with respect to opioid-related deaths and harms and potential risk factors as of December 2017. Methods: We reviewed all public-facing opioid-related surveillance or epidemiological repo...